最近在闲置的Dell inspiron 6400上安装了ubuntu 16.04版本，安装过程此处不细说。
安装完成后，发现WIFI无法开启，通过如下方法进行无线网卡的配置。
1）查看对应的PCI设备
root@jerry:/code# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) ---> 物理网卡 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller 03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19) 03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a) 03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05) 0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) ---> 无线网卡
可以看出，我的Dell 6400 上的无线网卡是 Broadcom 的BCM4311。ubuntu 16.04 默认的网卡驱动无法使该网卡工作，通过如下方法重新安装网卡驱动：
去掉ubuntu 16.04 默认的broadcom 无线网卡驱动: sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source 安装社区中最新的broadcom 无线网卡驱动： sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter 查看网卡驱动配置文件： cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'bcm'
可以在blacklist.conf中看到bcm43xx被加入黑名单的配置，去掉该配置。
#blacklist bcm43xx
完成后重启系统。
2）查看网卡设备
root@jerry:/code# lshw -c network *-network description: Network controller product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0 version: 01 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:efdfc000-efdfffff *-network DISABLED description: Ethernet interface product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 02 serial: 00:1c:23:ab:0f:56 capacity: 100Mbit/s 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 latency=64 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:17 memory:ef9fe000-ef9fffff *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface physical id: 2 logical name: wlan0 serial: 00:1e:4c:4a:ee:96 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=4.13.0-39-generic firmware=666.2 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
可以看到设备中有wlan0的无线网卡设备，配置该设备。
3）配置无线网卡设备。
有自动获取IP地址和静态配置IP地址两种方式。在/etc/network/interfaces文件进行配置。
自动获取方式添加以下内容：
auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid xxxxxx wpa-psk yyyyyy
静态配置IP地址方式添加如下内容：
auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 192.168.0.150 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx wpa-ssid xxxxxx wpa-psk yyyyyyy
其中wpa-ssid这行就是你的WIFI名称。
wpa-psk就是你的WIFI连接密码。
其中wlan0是WIFI接口名，请根据你的实际接口名填写。
4）使能网口设备
修改完成后，通过如下命令使能无线网卡
#首先关闭WIFI sudo ifdown wlan0 #然后启用WIFI sudo ifup -v wlan0
5）测试WIFI
root@jerry:/code# ifconfig wlan0 wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:4c:4a:ee:96 inet addr:192.168.0.150 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21e:4cff:fe4a:ee96/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:12559 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8463 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:6858265 (6.8 MB) TX bytes:1155958 (1.1 MB)
root@jerry:/code# ping www.baidu.com PING www.a.shifen.com (115.239.211.112) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 115.239.211.112: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=8.89 ms 64 bytes from 115.239.211.112: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=4.25 ms 64 bytes from 115.239.211.112: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=4.37 ms 64 bytes from 115.239.211.112: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=9.20 ms 64 bytes from 115.239.211.112: icmp_seq=5 ttl=56 time=8.23 ms
无线网卡配置完成。